With executive chef  Nguyễn Đức Vân Vũ from Dì Mai Vietnamese Cuisine Restaurant in HCM City

Nha Trang has a reputation as a holiday destination, with visitors flocking to the city's beaches and resorts. A group of local artists, with the help of a foreign friend, are hoping to put the local art scene on the map.

Bestselling author Phan Việt has released the third volume of her non-fiction series called Bất Hạnh Là Một Tài Sản (Unhappiness Is an Asset). Việt talks to Lương Thu Hương about her new book and her writing.

with chef Nguyễn Văn Tuân from Fortuna Hanoi Hotel

Maika Elan, the World Press Photo winner who was born in Ha Noi, has returned to Viet Nam after spending six months living in Kashiwa, Chiba prefecture -- about 50km from Tokyo. The young photographer was pursuing her latest project -- accessing and photographing hikikomori, or young people who have withdrawn from society.

HCM City’s coffee scene has picked up steam in the last few years. The Bosgaurus Café stands out for its ambitious goal to show the world that Việt Nam can make great specialty coffee. Susan Ransdell reports.

The capital city of Ha Noi has launched an initiative – lending visitors a longsleeved shirt or dress that stretches to below the knee, so that inappropriately clad visitors, local and foreign, can enter places of worship and other important sites with due respect for local culture and religious traditions.

One of Southeast Asia’s best-kept secrets is HCM City’s food scene: home to a veritable melting pot of local and international flavours found in the finest high-end restaurants and the lowliest streetside cafés.

A man born on a mattress made by his native village artisans tries to gain a fresh lease of life for the traditional craft with new, market-oriented designs, Phước Bửu  reports

Cao Bá Hưng, in his teens, can play more musical instruments than the number of years he’s been on this earth.

Chef Dennis Barton of The Anam in Long Beach, Cam Ranh Bay offers the colours of a rainbow for dessert

DIY Cosmetics: Guidebook to making your own cosmetics at home, co-authored by Đỗ Anh Thư and Nguyễn Thu Giang, is among the few books by Vietnamese authors sold on Amazon. With eye-catching images and useful content, it has already been translated into Thai, English and Korean, as well as its original version in Vietnamese.

Nguyễn Văn Nguyên has been surrounded by pottery from an early age. His latest project, a terracotta park on the outskirts of Hội An, aims to revitalise the ancient craft. Công Thành reports.

Located in the centre of the capital, Quán Ăn Ngon seeks to dispel any doubts over Viet Nam’s seafood with a sumptuous platter of the freshest fish in traditional surroundings. Peter Cowan reports.

After living for more than 30 years in Europe, mostly in Prague, the Czech Republic, running a tourism company and traveling the world, Phạm Văn Hiến has returned to Việt Nam to build a ‘northern Vietnamese village’ of his dreams.

The restaurant An Viên at the end of the Trần Đại Nghĩa street, near its intersection with the Đồng Tâm street, is quite famous among the student populace for its exceptional recipe of salty stir-fried chicken feet and wings.

A swimming accident that took both his legs has spurred Nguyễn Văn Chung to become a champion of the paragames pool, and is looking ahead to more successes, Lương Thu Hương reports

A team of veterans unwilling to idle their retirement days away deliver yeoman service to their communities by working hard, for free, to build bridges and roads, Nguyễn Hành and Nguyễn Vân report..